Topics Establishment of constitutional court

Constitute topics are built from the variables in the Comparative Constitutions Project’s dataset, which captures the content of world constitutions. The particular variables relevant to this topic are listed below, in the form of survey questions.

More information about the CCP’s research design is available here, including background information on how the team designed the inventory of constitutional topics as well as the full coding survey

Description

A court that is especially empowered to interpret the constitution, and usually to rule on whether legislation is in accord with the principles of the constitution.

Categories

Judiciary

Survey Questions

  • For which of the following specialized courts does the constitution contain provisions?